Dina Brode-Roger, PhD
@dina78n.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Cultural Studies @KULeuven. Research projects based in Svalbard/the Arctic. Interests range from embodied understanding, visual methods, identity-of-place, human/nature interactions and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
The recording from our first Art/Place webinar is available for those interested! criticalarcticstudies.com/webinars/ #art #place #arctic #svalbard #webinar #UArctic #CritcalArcticStudies #culturalstudies
Webinars
Art/Place webinars Art/Place is a three-part webinar series exploring how artists and/or arts-based practitioners engage with Arctic places through diverse creative practices and perspectives. Host…
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June 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The recording from our first Art/Place webinar is available for those interested! criticalarcticstudies.com/webinars/ #art #place #arctic #svalbard #webinar #UArctic #CritcalArcticStudies #culturalstudies
not mine and not sure who to credit - but I really liked the image so sharing anyway...
April 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
not mine and not sure who to credit - but I really liked the image so sharing anyway...
Reposted by Dina Brode-Roger, PhD
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 – 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦+ 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Call for Chapters | Alexandra Middleton
🔍 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 – 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦+ 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to contribute to the upcoming edited volume 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚...
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April 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 – 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦+ 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Beautiful image of Svalbard from space, taken by Svalbard acquaintance Jannicke Mikkelsen <3 #Svalbard #space #JannickeMikkelsen #visualsociology
April 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Beautiful image of Svalbard from space, taken by Svalbard acquaintance Jannicke Mikkelsen <3 #Svalbard #space #JannickeMikkelsen #visualsociology
Wait, look who brought a polar bear to space! 😅 🌏 💫 🚀 Love love love this! You are amazing, Jannicke Mikkelsen!! Congratulations on the successful launch! 👏👏👏
April 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Wait, look who brought a polar bear to space! 😅 🌏 💫 🚀 Love love love this! You are amazing, Jannicke Mikkelsen!! Congratulations on the successful launch! 👏👏👏
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Follow social scientists at KU Leuven.
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(pack still incomplete, pls send suggestions)
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(pack still incomplete, pls send suggestions)
November 21, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Follow social scientists at KU Leuven.
go.bsky.app/AKcqGke
(pack still incomplete, pls send suggestions)
go.bsky.app/AKcqGke
(pack still incomplete, pls send suggestions)
Sun is still well below the horizon here in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (won't be back until mid Feb) but ice crystals in the sky reflected back from the red spectrum yesterday. Just beautiful!
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sun is still well below the horizon here in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (won't be back until mid Feb) but ice crystals in the sky reflected back from the red spectrum yesterday. Just beautiful!
This image, Kelly Latimore's 'Christ in the Rubble,' made me stop my scrolling and take the time to reflect. It is all too easy to shut out the craziness of what is going on around the world. But we shouldn't forget quite so quickly. Here's to hoping we can effect change, small and large, next year!
December 24, 2024 at 5:42 PM
This image, Kelly Latimore's 'Christ in the Rubble,' made me stop my scrolling and take the time to reflect. It is all too easy to shut out the craziness of what is going on around the world. But we shouldn't forget quite so quickly. Here's to hoping we can effect change, small and large, next year!
Posting this in case anyone I know is interested! (link here:
herogder.org?fbclid=IwY2x... ) #artist #residency #Norway
herogder.org?fbclid=IwY2x... ) #artist #residency #Norway
August 7, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Posting this in case anyone I know is interested! (link here:
herogder.org?fbclid=IwY2x... ) #artist #residency #Norway
herogder.org?fbclid=IwY2x... ) #artist #residency #Norway
There are two fully-funded four-year PhD positions available in the project "Contested Frontiers of Settler States.”
Deadline for applications Aug 5, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Deadline for applications Aug 5, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Two PhD positions in the project "Contested frontiers of settler states" (261443) | University of Bergen
Job title: Two PhD positions in the project "Contested frontiers of settler states" (261443), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Monday, August 5, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no
July 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
There are two fully-funded four-year PhD positions available in the project "Contested Frontiers of Settler States.”
Deadline for applications Aug 5, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Deadline for applications Aug 5, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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CfP - “Affect and Material Cultures of Weathering: Histories, Temporalities, and Spaces”. 10-11 December 2024 at Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities (UiS), Stavanger, Norway. Please circulate and/or get in touch if this is of interest! @greenhouseuis.bsky.social @unistavanger.bsky.social
June 5, 2024 at 5:51 AM
CfP - “Affect and Material Cultures of Weathering: Histories, Temporalities, and Spaces”. 10-11 December 2024 at Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities (UiS), Stavanger, Norway. Please circulate and/or get in touch if this is of interest! @greenhouseuis.bsky.social @unistavanger.bsky.social
For all interested in Disaster Risk Response, this looks like it will be a great conference!
#disasterrisk #DRR #response #SAR #prepardness #Arctic
arctic-council.org/about/norway...
#disasterrisk #DRR #response #SAR #prepardness #Arctic
arctic-council.org/about/norway...
Arctic Emergency Management Conference
One of the first international conferences dedicated to a holistic view of Arctic emergency management.
arctic-council.org
May 29, 2024 at 6:24 AM
For all interested in Disaster Risk Response, this looks like it will be a great conference!
#disasterrisk #DRR #response #SAR #prepardness #Arctic
arctic-council.org/about/norway...
#disasterrisk #DRR #response #SAR #prepardness #Arctic
arctic-council.org/about/norway...
an interesting post about the plastic bag orionmagazine.org/article/plas... #plasticbag #waste #bags #plastic #culturalstudies #things #matter #materiality #random
Orion Magazine - From War Machine to Supermarket Staple: A History of the Plastic Bag
The history of the plastic carrier bag—the kind so often found caught on a tree branch and flagging in the wind—is a story of persuasion. For over a
orionmagazine.org
May 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM
an interesting post about the plastic bag orionmagazine.org/article/plas... #plasticbag #waste #bags #plastic #culturalstudies #things #matter #materiality #random
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Cardboard boxes make possible a global apparatus of commerce, consumption and reuse, displaying (& delivering) the fruits of capitalism while embodying its waste, inequity & exploitation.
From @shannonmattern.bsky.social, on the social history of the cardboard box: placesjournal.org/article/soci...
From @shannonmattern.bsky.social, on the social history of the cardboard box: placesjournal.org/article/soci...
World in a Box: Cardboard Media and the Geographic Imagination
Cardboard’s ubiquity rests on simple claims: I can hold that, and I can go there. But cardboard boxes hold a world of meaning — a global anatomy of commerce, consumption, disposal, and reuse.
placesjournal.org
May 15, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Cardboard boxes make possible a global apparatus of commerce, consumption and reuse, displaying (& delivering) the fruits of capitalism while embodying its waste, inequity & exploitation.
From @shannonmattern.bsky.social, on the social history of the cardboard box: placesjournal.org/article/soci...
From @shannonmattern.bsky.social, on the social history of the cardboard box: placesjournal.org/article/soci...
Sun dogs and sun halos
#Arctic #Svalbard #culturalstudies #embodiedunderstanding #visualmethods #phone #photography
#Arctic #Svalbard #culturalstudies #embodiedunderstanding #visualmethods #phone #photography
April 2, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Sun dogs and sun halos
#Arctic #Svalbard #culturalstudies #embodiedunderstanding #visualmethods #phone #photography
#Arctic #Svalbard #culturalstudies #embodiedunderstanding #visualmethods #phone #photography
I found this absolutely fascinating. What is included, what isn't, how is it treated? such a brilliant portrayal of how our own perspective shapes what we see and show #culturalstudies #perspectives #art
Here’s what Renoir & Monet saw one day in 1869 when they sat side-by-side to paint the scene at La Grenouillère, a popular meeting, eating & boating spot on the Seine ~ Renoir's emphasis on pleasantness contrasts with Monet's bold treatment of the water www.artinsociety.com/floating-ple...
February 26, 2024 at 8:01 AM
I found this absolutely fascinating. What is included, what isn't, how is it treated? such a brilliant portrayal of how our own perspective shapes what we see and show #culturalstudies #perspectives #art
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Two photo essays, free-to-download, recently published:
1. "Land body ecologies: The London hub"
doi.org/10.47818/DRA...
2. "Islander Activism and Resistances: Any Role for Resiliences and Vulnerabilities?"
doi.org/10.24564/000... (scroll down for the PDF file).
1. "Land body ecologies: The London hub"
doi.org/10.47818/DRA...
2. "Islander Activism and Resistances: Any Role for Resiliences and Vulnerabilities?"
doi.org/10.24564/000... (scroll down for the PDF file).
January 4, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Two photo essays, free-to-download, recently published:
1. "Land body ecologies: The London hub"
doi.org/10.47818/DRA...
2. "Islander Activism and Resistances: Any Role for Resiliences and Vulnerabilities?"
doi.org/10.24564/000... (scroll down for the PDF file).
1. "Land body ecologies: The London hub"
doi.org/10.47818/DRA...
2. "Islander Activism and Resistances: Any Role for Resiliences and Vulnerabilities?"
doi.org/10.24564/000... (scroll down for the PDF file).
Reposted by Dina Brode-Roger, PhD
So nice to receive our copies of 'Svalbard Imaginaries: the making of an Arctic Archipelago' #ArcticEncounters #Palgrave #Imaginaries #Polar #Socialscience #culturalstudies #research #publishing #polarscience #Svalbard #Longyearbyen #postdoc #KULeuven #SSSI
December 20, 2023 at 3:20 PM
So nice to receive our copies of 'Svalbard Imaginaries: the making of an Arctic Archipelago' #ArcticEncounters #Palgrave #Imaginaries #Polar #Socialscience #culturalstudies #research #publishing #polarscience #Svalbard #Longyearbyen #postdoc #KULeuven #SSSI
Looking for a 4-year #postdoc position? The new ERC-funded project "Contested Frontiers," examining struggles to (re)constitute federal territories and related "peripheral jurisdictions" is hiring! #postdocjobs #Arctic #phdlife
scholarshipdb.net/jobs-in-Norw...
scholarshipdb.net/jobs-in-Norw...
December 13, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Looking for a 4-year #postdoc position? The new ERC-funded project "Contested Frontiers," examining struggles to (re)constitute federal territories and related "peripheral jurisdictions" is hiring! #postdocjobs #Arctic #phdlife
scholarshipdb.net/jobs-in-Norw...
scholarshipdb.net/jobs-in-Norw...
#Avalanche barrier in #ísafjördur #Iceland, part of my #visualmethodologies research as a #GrímssonFellow looking at perceptions of #disaster #risk. It has been a true pleasure to work with local residents! #culturalstudies #qualitative #inquiry
December 1, 2023 at 1:35 PM
#Avalanche barrier in #ísafjördur #Iceland, part of my #visualmethodologies research as a #GrímssonFellow looking at perceptions of #disaster #risk. It has been a true pleasure to work with local residents! #culturalstudies #qualitative #inquiry
Westfjords sheep chilling on the beach this weekend... #sheep #Iceland #culturalstudies #GrimssonFellow #weekend #random #roadtrip #Westfjords #DRR
November 28, 2023 at 11:57 AM
Westfjords sheep chilling on the beach this weekend... #sheep #Iceland #culturalstudies #GrimssonFellow #weekend #random #roadtrip #Westfjords #DRR
Very happy to be in #ísafjördur #Iceland as a #GrímssonFellow to do research on perceptions of #disaster #risk. Here pic of #avalanche barriers I explored the other day. #culturalstudies #visualmethodologies #DRR
November 23, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Very happy to be in #ísafjördur #Iceland as a #GrímssonFellow to do research on perceptions of #disaster #risk. Here pic of #avalanche barriers I explored the other day. #culturalstudies #visualmethodologies #DRR
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PhD #envhist position: Doctoral Position in Project Beyond the Nature/Culture Divide: Reimagining Human-Environment Relations in Museums, LMU Munich
www.en.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/do...
www.en.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/do...
October 26, 2023 at 5:59 AM
PhD #envhist position: Doctoral Position in Project Beyond the Nature/Culture Divide: Reimagining Human-Environment Relations in Museums, LMU Munich
www.en.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/do...
www.en.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/do...